My brain hurts. Speechless, more like.
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Apparently it never occurred to Attorney General Eric Holder that the Associated Press might be “too big to fail.” If it had, then his Justice Department probably never would have investigated it.
The AP isn’t just any news agency. It’s the largest one in the United States and one of the three largest in the world, along with Great Britain’s Reuters and Agence France-Presse. And it is, understandably enough, angry.
So are journalists who work for other outlets, along defenders of a free press and supporters of an informed citizenry. Journalists must be free of direct or implied intimidation if democracy is to work properly. Correspondents who cover this administration will often admit privately that they do feel intimidated.
“Twice as much as all previous administrations combined”
A free press sometimes makes powerful people uncomfortable, and even causes them considerable inconvenience. Actions against journalists must be very carefully weighed against democratic principle and fundamental freedoms. Instead, this White House has been as zealous as its Republican predecessors — in many ways, more so — both in its pursuit of low-level officials who leak information to reporters, and in its pursuit of reporters themselves.
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